Class:MFA Illustration 2020/Week 7

Last Week

• Guest presenter from Adobe: Jinjin Sun will share some Adobe Fresco tips
• Review and Q&A for any drawings created by the group
• Deeper into Photoshop with Smart Objects, Layer & Clipping Masks

This Week

• Election Composite Review
• Photoshop Actions
• More Photoshop Animation Stuff

Notes

Adobe Fresco Note

Last week Myron asked about straight line snap within Fresco, it's there 🎉

Settings > Input > Snapline

Animation Examples

Animated illustration examples on pinboard

[pinboard.in/u:choppingblock/t:animated-gif/ https://pinboard.in/u:choppingblock/t:animated-gif/]

Animation in Photoshop Videos

• Watch this one: Photoshop Animation Techniques (Redux, Creative Cloud)
  • https://vimeo.com/80851591

• Creating animations in photoshop
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omdfcGYEqPY
  • http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/creating-timeline-animations.html

• Create Awesome Animations in Photoshop
  • http://designshack.net/articles/graphics/create-awesome-animations-in-photoshop/

• Photoshop animation overview
  • http://www.alexgrigg.com/Photoshop-Animation-Techniques

Video Notes

• Using Actions in Photoshop + Prep Scan Action
• Election Photoshop Composite Review
• Photoshop Animation Frame by Frame Tips
• Zoom recording from class on November 2nd, 2020

Assignment

• This week, the subject of your digital illustration composition is "tiny town".
• Your assignment is to create one new drawn, colored, and composited editorial illustration of a busy little land and then animate a version of it within Photoshop.
• You have two deliverables, the 5"x 5" illustration and an animated version.

Use the techniques introduced & reinforced in class to create one composited colored illustration.

• You will upload two Photoshop files, and one animating gif/video plus any related scans/parts or pieces for class next week.
• You are allowed to draw using traditional methods (paper, scan, prepare in Photoshop) or draw digitally on your iPad Pro using Adobe Fresco and polish/color/composite in Photoshop.

Your still illustration assignment should include at least 4 or 5 foreground items and 1 background, then use multiple copies of the same items to create a story. Your animating file should be at least 10 seconds long.

Process for 5" x 5" file

• Draw no less than 5 separate parts/pieces which will be assembled into one composition.
• At least one part/piece should be a "background"
• Scan and prep each part/piece as independent grouped items or Smart Objects.
• Bring all the parts/pieces that you wish to use into one file, compose an illustration.
• You can scale, rotate, recolor, duplicate your parts/pieces, you can use any variation or Photoshop techniques you wish.
• You should be using groups and or Smart Objects within Photoshop.
• You should be using at least ONE layer or clipping mask in your process.

Process for animating file

• Make a copy of your file above and scale it down to a manageable side for illustration:
  • If you have a fast computer and want to make a HD video you can try: 1,920 x 1,080 pixels
  • If you want to make an animated gif you should use 800 x 800 or 600 x 600 pixels
• Create a file with at least 10 seconds of animation or several files that add up to 10 seconds of animation.
• Use the Timeline panel (video animation or frame animation mode) to create your animation.

Upload for class next week

• One LAYERED photoshop file of your print resolution illustration.
• One LAYERED photoshop file of your animating masterpiece.
• Video or animated gif exported file.
• Any related parts, pieces, or scans.
• Compositions should be 5"x 5"
• I would suggest scanning at 1200 ppi (if you scan), then working at 600 ppi & coloring that.
• Google drive folder: svaMFAI_20201109-Tiny-Town-composite-drawing-and-animation